Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Indian Standard
SAND FOR PLASTER - SECIFICATION
/ Second Revision J
UDC 691.223:691.55
@ BIS 1992
J&J 1992
Wcibql
Flooring, Wall Finishing and Roofing Sectional Committee, CED 5
FOREWORD
This Indian Standard ( Second Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the
draft finalized by the Flooring, Wall Finishing and Roofing Sectional Committee had been approved
by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
This standard was first published in 1960 and subsequently revised in 1977. In this second revision
following major modifications are made :
a) Crushed gravel sand and ALPM have been added in the scope and pit sand has been included
under naturally occurring sands;
b) As per the grading given in Table 1, the fineness modulus of sand could vary from I.2 to 2.2.
However, it is preferable to have minimum fineness modulus of l-4 in case of crushed stone
sands and crushed gravel sands and a F. M of 1 5 in case of naturally occurring sands. Hence,
this new clause, namely 5.2 has been added;
c) Amendment No. 1 giving O-15 percent passing for 150 micron IS Sieve in Table 1 has been
incorporated;
d) A new clause, namely 7.1 (a) has been added so that when requested by the purchaser, the
supplier shall supply particle size grading of sand.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the
final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in
accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )‘. The number of
significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in
this standard.
IS x42:1992
Indian Standard
SAND FOR PLASTER - SPECIFICATION
( Second Revision J
1 SCOPE 3.4 Crushed Stone Sand and Crashed Gravel Sand
1.1 This standard covers the requirements of A fine aggregate produced by crushing hard
naturally occurring sands, crushed stone sands stone or natural gravel.
and crushed gravel sands used in mortars for
internal wall and ceiling plastering, and external 4 QUALITY OF SAND
plastering using mixes of lime, cement, compo-
site lime-cement, activated lime pozzolana 4.1 General
mixture ( ALMP ) or gypsum with or without The sand shall consist of natural sand, crushed
admixtures and sand. stone sand or crushed gravel sand or a combina-
tion of any of these. The sand shall be hard,
2 REFERENCES durable, clean and free from adherent coatings
2.1 The following Indian Standards are neces- and organic matter and shall not contain clay,
sary adjuncts to this standard. silt and dust more than specified under 4.3 (a).
A fine aggregate produced by the natural disin- NOTE - In particular cases crushed stone sand with
tegration of rock which has been deposited by even higher proportions of fine dust than specified
above, may be satisfactory and the limit so permitted
streams or glacial agencies or obtained from may be subject to the agreement between the suppliel
pits. anti the purchaser.
1
X31542:1992
2
Bureau of Indian Standards
BIS is a statutory institution established under the Bureau of Indian StandardsAct, 1986 to promote
harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quaIity_certification of goods and
attending to connected matters in the country.
Copyright
BIS has the copyright of all its publications. No part of these publications may be reproduced in any form
without the prior permission in writing of BIS. This does not preclude the free use, in the course of
implementing the standard, of necessary details, such as symbols and sixes, type or grade designations.
Enquiries relating to copyright be addressed to the Director (Publication), BIS.
Amendments are issued to standards as the need arises on the hasis of comments. Standards are also reviewed
periodically; a standard along with amendments is reaffirmed when such review indicates that no changes are
needed; if the review indicates that changes are needed, it is taken up for revision. Users of Indian Standards
should ascertain that they are in possession of the latest amendments,or edition by referring to the latest issue
of ‘BIS Handbook’ and ‘Standards Monthly Additions’.
This Indian Standard has been developed from Dot: No. CED 5 ( 4875 )